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DOD advised Pelosi military aircraft request could not be met and offered to help secure commercial travel. Pelosi staffer responds: “We appreciate the efforts to help the codel [sic] fly commercially but you know the problem that creates with spouses..." judicialwatch.org/press-room/pre…
Congressional spouses could fly for free on military planes, which is why Pelosi staffer pushed for military planes....
.@JudicialWatch exposed this all nine years ago....doing the work of media back then, too.
In a separate email, when told a certain type of luxury Air Force aircraft would not be available, Pelosi staffer writes, “This is not good news, and we will have some very disappointed folks, as well as a very upset [s]peaker.”
Purchases for one Pelosi-led CODEL on May 15-20, 2008 included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewar’s scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin...
Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine. judicialwatch.org/press-room/pre…
.@SpeakerPelosi used the Air Force aircraft for a total of 85 trips, covering 206,264 miles, from March 2, 2009 through June 7, 2010. Pelosi, her guests and Air Force personnel logged a total of 428.6 hours on these flights.
Numerous trips were made by Speaker Pelosi between San Francisco and Andrews Air Force Base. Several of these trips included members of Speaker Pelosi’s family...judicialwatch.org/press-room/pre…
In many ways, @SpeakerPelosi-sponsored CODELs were similar to Speaker Hastert's, showing CODELs are a bipartisan problem.
